Dougados et al developed an functional index for evaluating patients with ankylosing spondylitis. The authors are from Hopital Cochin and Hopital Pitie Salpetriere in Paris.
Can you?
(1) put on your shoes?
(2) pull on trousers?
(3) pull on a pullover?
(4) get into a bathtub?
(5) remain standing 10 minutes?
(6) climb 1 flight of stairs?
(7) run?
(8) sit down?
(9) get up from a chair?
(10) get into a car?
(11) bend over to pick up an object from the floor?
(12) crouch?
(13) lie down?
(14) turn in bed?
(15) get out of bed?
(16) sleep on your back?
(17) sleep on your stomach?
(18) do your job or housework?
(19) cough or sneeze?
(20) breathe deeply?
Response
Points
without difficulty
0
with difficulty
1
impossible
2
total score =
= SUM(points for all 20 activities)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 40
• The higher the score the greater the degree of functional disability.
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